No Knead Sourdough Bread With Sauerkraut And Onion Recipes

SIMPLE NO-KNEAD SOURDOUGH BREAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Before making the dough, be sure to feed your sourdough starter (perhaps twice) and allow it to reach peak activity level.
• Make an autolyse by combining the flour and almost all of the water in a bowl until thoroughly mixed. Let it sit covered at room temperature (70-75 degrees is optimal) for about an hour.
• After the autolyse has rested, mix in the called-for active sourdough starter, salt, and remaining water until thoroughly combined. Mixing with your hands is normal and acceptable.
• Optional: Lift the dough ball (which may be quite loose) out of bowl and on a clean counter use the "slap and fold" technique to tighten the dough.
• Once finished, put the dough back in the bowl and allow to rest at room temperature for 30 minutes. Cover the bowl with a tea towel or similar. This begins the "bulk fermentation" time.
• After 30 minutes, start the first round of "stretch and fold" - gently lifting up on one side of the dough and folding it back over itself. Give the bowl a quarter turn and continue to stretch and fold the dough until it is taught and resists pulling. Avoid tearing the dough. Use wet hands to prevent sticking. Cover the bowl again, and let sit.
• Repeat the stretch and fold process every 30 minutes for a total of 3 or 4 rounds.
• After about 4 hours of bulk fermentation at room temperature, stretch and fold the dough one final time to help it tighten up.
• Next, set the dough on a lightly floured surface and shape the loaf into a similar shape as your banneton (proofing basket - e.g. a round loaf, or long oval loaf). Let the dough "bench rest" for a final 10 minutes.
• After the final bench rest, place the dough in a flour-dusted (and potentially cloth-lined) banneton proofing basket of choice. Cover with a breathable towel, and place in the refrigerator to proof for 8 to 16 hours. We usually do this overnight.
• After cold-proofing in the refrigerator, preheat the oven to 475 to 500 degrees F. (Experiment to see what temperature works best for your oven). If you're using a dutch oven or combo cooker, place it in the oven to preheat for one hour.
• After an hour of preheating, quickly and carefully transfer the cold dough (straight from the fridge) out of the banneton and into the hot combo cooker or dutch oven. Line the combo cooker or dutch oven with parchment paper first. Score the top of the loaf with a bread lame if desired. (See Note 1 below)
• Bake the loaf covered for 35 minutes, and then remove the lid and bake for an additional 7 to 10 minutes uncovered. (See Note 2 and Note 3 below)
• Once done, immediately remove the finished sourdough loaf from the oven and combo cooker and place the loaf on a wire rack to cool.
• Let the sourdough bread loaf sit at room temperature for several hours before cutting. The steam trapped inside is important moisture to retain!
• Enjoy!

EASY NO-KNEAD SOURDOUGH BREAD

Steps:

• To a large mixing bowl, add the flour, 537g water, and sourdough starter and mix with wet hands until no dry bits remain. Cover the bowl and let rest for 30 minutes in autolyse.
• (9:30 a.m.)Add the salt to the top of the dough and pour on the remaining 43g of water to help dissolve. Mix by hand until the salt is incorporated and the dough comes together in a single mass. Transfer to a bulk fermentation container and cover.
• (9:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.)At a warm room temperature, around 74-76°F (23-24°C), bulk should take about 3 1/2 hours. Give the dough four sets of stretches and folds during this time. The first two sets are at 15-minute intervals (10:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m.) and the last two at 30-minute intervals (10:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m.). Perform vigorous stretches and folds, as seen below, for the first 3 sets, then a gentle set for the last set. After the last set, let the dough rest for the remainder of bulk fermentation, covered.
• (1:15 p.m.)Gently scrape the dough out of the bulk fermentation container and divide it into two pieces. Using wet hands, preshape each piece into a loose round and let rest for 30 minutes, uncovered.
• (1:45 p.m.)Shape each piece of dough into a round (boule), then place the dough in proofing baskets.
• (2:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m., the next day)Cover proofing baskets with reusable plastic and seal shut. Then, place both baskets into the refrigerator and proof overnight.
• (9:00 a.m., the next day)Preheat your oven with a baking surface or combo cooker/Dutch oven inside to 450°F (230°C).

BETTER-THAN-BAKERY NO-KNEAD SOURDOUGH

Steps:

• Mix water and salt together in a very large bowl. Add sourdough starter and whisk vigorously to mix and aerate; stir in 3 cups bread flour until smooth. Stir in remaining 3 cups bread flour until dough is completely mixed.
• Cover bowl and set aside until dough is bubbly and increased in volume, 12 to 15 hours.
• Turn dough on to a well floured work surface using floured hands. Turn dough several times to cover with flour. Return dough to an oiled bowl and let rest until dough is doubled in size but not risen enough to collapse, 2 to 3 hours.
• Preheat an oven-safe, lidded Dutch oven (at least 8 quarts) in a 450 degrees F (230 degrees C) oven for 30 minutes.
• Carefully remove Dutch oven using oven mitts and sprinkle cornmeal into the bottom to prevent dough from sticking.
• Gently roll dough out of oiled bowl and into the Dutch oven; replace lid.
• Bake in the oven for 30 minutes. Remove lid and continue baking until crust is lightly browned, about 15 minutes more. Carefully tip loaf out onto a cooking rack to cool completely.

SOURDOUGH NO-KNEAD BREAD

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour and salt.
• In a small mixing bowl, stir together 300 grams (about 1 1/4 cups) lukewarm tap water with the sourdough starter, then pour the mixture into the bowl with the flour mixture. Mix until just combined. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and a tea towel and leave it to rise overnight, about 10 to 24 hours.
• The next day, generously dust a clean kitchen surface with flour. The dough should have risen considerably and you should see visible bubbling along the sides. The dough will be spongy and wet. Scoop the dough directly onto the surface, then dust with more flour. With lightly floured hands, gently fold the edges of the dough from the outside in, to form a round loaf. Dust a clean towel with yet more flour, sprinkle sesame seeds in a small area about the size of your loaf and place the dough on top of the seeds, seam side down. Lightly dust with additional flour, cover and allow to double in size, about 2 hours.
• Meanwhile, heat oven to 450. Place a covered enamel Dutch oven or heavy pot with a lid into the oven and allow it to heat for 30 minutes or so. Remove the pot from the oven, take off its top, and carefully invert the risen dough into it, so that the seam side is now facing up. (Alternately you can invert the risen dough onto a flour-dusted sheet of parchment paper and lower your loaf into your pot that way.). Put the top back on the pot and return it to the oven.
• Bake for about 25 to 30 minutes, then take the top off the pot and allow it to continue to cook until it is brown and crusty all over, an additional 20 minutes or so. Put the loaf on a rack to cool for at least 30 minutes before serving.